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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 987664, member: 57463&quot;]&quot;Am I not a Woman and a Sister?&quot;</p><p>and</p><p>&quot;Am I not a Man and a Brother&quot;</p><p>are technically &quot;Hard Times Tokens&quot; of the Jacksonian Era 1830s and 1840s, minted by Abolitionists.&nbsp; The Civil War was not fought to free the slaves; the abolitionist cause was pushed into the background; and the themes of actual Civil War Tokens validate that.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can see the &quot;Sister&quot; token here, on Alan Scott Fisher&#039;s excellent website</p><p><a href="http://www.hardtimestokens.com/AmINotAWomen.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hardtimestokens.com/AmINotAWomen.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.hardtimestokens.com/AmINotAWomen.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;Brother&quot; is not actually a trade token, but a medallion.&nbsp; The image itself is from an Abolitionist paper (&quot;broadside&quot;) and was later put into coin forms.&nbsp; The &quot;Sister&quot; -- obviously a reflection of that -- is the true Hard Times Token.</p><p><br /></p><p>No true Civil War Tokens like these with those images exist.&nbsp; Any such are modern fantasies.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Steve Hayden is a well-respected dealer.&nbsp; His Civil War Tokens pages are nice reference material for buys and sells.&nbsp; Only exceptional sales items are shown, so you have to know your Fuld Numbers and know the tokens to actually be a practiced buyer there.&nbsp; Simple research is not always fruitful.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Civil War Token Society is an excellent resource.&nbsp; If you have a serious interest you should join.&nbsp; Before you spend (waste) money on the tokens, you need the standard references.&nbsp; I mentioned &quot;Fuld Numbers.&quot;&nbsp; The CWTS sells the most recent editions at a good price.&nbsp; No other compendium has been as respected these past 50 (fifty) years.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you are an ANA member you can borrow this monograph, reprinted from The Numismatist.&nbsp; (Yet another reason to join the ANA.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Author:&nbsp; &nbsp; Fuld, George.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; Title Statement:&nbsp; &nbsp; Antislavery tokens. *&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; Description:&nbsp; &nbsp; 14p. ill. 23cm.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; General Note:&nbsp; &nbsp; Reprinted from The Numismatist, April, 1957.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; Subject:&nbsp; &nbsp; U.S.--TOKENS&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; Title Added Entry:&nbsp; &nbsp; Fuld, Melvin.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; Call Number:&nbsp; &nbsp; PA75.F8a&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; Copy 1:&nbsp; &nbsp; Available for Circulation&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; Copy 2:&nbsp; &nbsp; Available for Circulation&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; Copy 4:&nbsp; &nbsp; Available for Circulation[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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